So, Joffrey is a product of his environment. A want of nurture, if you will. Hmm. Interesting. He’s not The Stranger incarnate? Yeah, I buy that. I really do. Evidence? The Lannisters would have known better. If Joffrey was born evil, when Ned’s fate hung in the balance, if they knew then what they know now about Joffrey, they would have taken steps. Tywin and Cersei didn’t want Ned dead. They thought Joff would play along and send Ned to the wall. If Joff tortured small animals since the age of three they would have thought again. Very interesting. If Joff was born evil, Ned may still be alive. I love this story.

Good news on the GoT humor front. After a long delay Seanzoz has his first parody for Season 3 up on Youtube. He’s done a parody for every episode from seasons 1 & 2 and they are easily the best GoT spoofs out there. Here’s the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-ovOjQVNq4

So, Joffrey is a product of his environment.A want of nurture, if you will.Hmm.Interesting.He’s not The Stranger incarnate?Yeah, I buy that.I really do.Evidence?The Lannisters would have known better.If Joffrey was born evil, when Ned’s fate hung in the balance, if they knew then what they know now about Joffrey, they would have taken steps.Tywin and Cersei didn’t want Ned dead.They thought Joff would play along and send Ned to the wall.If Joff tortured small animals since the age of three they would have thought again.Very interesting.If Joff was born evil, Ned may still be alive.I love this story.

Gleeson is a refreshingly intelligent young man, with notable points made in
this interview, but I do not agree with his perspective on Joffrey’s rearing. As
often as book Lannisters realized his sociopathic tendencies, and made small
attempts to quell them, Joffrey proved difficult to control. As a child he tortured
pets. King Robert recognized what was undoubtedly troublesome about him
and kept him at a distance ( not just because he suspected Cersei of infidelity ).
Tywin attempted to cull him , and solely blamed Cersei on Joffrey’s peculiar
nature. I believe Tyrion was the only person whom recognized Joffrey as evil.

As for Gleeson’s statements about important leaders and great men of our time,
with what could be perceived as self important/ delusional mentality, he is
right on target. Take a look at Jon Ronson’s ” The Psychopath Test: A Journey
Through the Madness in Industry “. Therein an interesting % of CEO’s and
important leaders make the grade or pass the test. Forbes mag has a great
article on this too.

Jentario:
Any idea why Sam appeared in the episode 8 recap? Does that mean he’ll be in episode 10? Coldhands??? How are they going to have time for that?

In one of the Season 3 trailers you can see Sam emerging before Bran, Hodor, Meera, and Jojen, in what presumably is their stay at the wall. I’m not sure if we’ll see Coldhands this season, as the “explanation” for Sam’s appearance may be a cliffhanger for Season 4, but it seems like we will be getting Sam south of the wall at the end of this season.

Ellie Kendrick who plays Meera did an interview on Thronecast, you can find it on YouTube, where she confirmed that she had a scene with Hannah Murray who plays Gilly. So the scene with Sam & Bran and their retinue will definitely be in episode 10.

MRR: In one of the Season 3 trailers you can see Sam emerging before Bran, Hodor, Meera, and Jojen, in what presumably is their stay at the wall. I’m not sure if we’ll see Coldhands this season, as the “explanation” for Sam’s appearance may be a cliffhanger for Season 4, but it seems like we will be getting Sam south of the wall at the end of this season.

Josla:Anybody has any idea why they cut the storm crows from the story? Does that mean Brown Benn Plumm will be cut as well? Or they’re going to introduce him in a future season?

I think it was just a case of wanting to cut down on the number of mercenary bands in the show. Besides, Brown Ben Plumm isn’t a member of the Stormcrows, he’s a member of the Second Sons, the one sellsword group they’ve already established in show canon. My guess is they will introduce him as a commander under Daario, who will then take a portion or all of the Second Sons over to the side of Yunkai during the siege of Meereen.

Winter Is Coming: I think it was just a case of wanting to cut down on the number of mercenary bands in the show. Besides, Brown Ben Plumm isn’t a member of the Stormcrows, he’s a member of the Second Sons, the one sellsword group they’ve already established in show canon. My guess is they will introduce him as a commander under Daario, who will then take a portion or all of the Second Sons over to the side of Yunkai during the siege of Meereen.

Oh… thanks. I recall him been from the sec sons while daario from storm crows so they might just switch places?. But since they ommited the other sellsword company I thought tgey just might introduce it later and Brown B Plum to be its captain. I mean, he’ll be important in Tyrion and Jorah’s storyline later, that’s what made feel a bit worried.

In ASOIAF, Joffrey primarily limited his sadistic rages to small animals near the
KL keep, i.e. rabbits, cats , etc. ( And widely known to have Eddard Stark beheaded).
However, GoT Joffrey demonstrated sadomasochistic tendencies, direct murder
of Roz ( S3 ), and enjoyed holding tourneys to the death ( S2), as well as stories
of animal cruelty ( namely cats ( S1). Supposedly Arya befriends one that got away
with only damage to her tail. Game of Thrones really magnified his villainy onscreen,
somewhat beyond our memory of his deeds, but GRRM did a great job with readers
perception of him. Check Westeros/Wiki for exact references.

His grandfather Tywin and uncle Tyrion acknowledged Joffrey’s neuroses and held
Cersei responsible, while in truth she only exacerbated his sociopathic tendencies.
Once he became king he was incorrigible ( but you know this already *>* ).